WTC7 seems to be a classic controlled demolition. WTC 1 &2 destruction appears to have been enhanced by thermate (a variation of thermite) in addition.
Pentagon was not struck by a passenger aircraft. It was a drone or missle.

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Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:42 am (PST)

I should proofread my messages occasionally, especially if a topic is so emotional and close to my core.

I corrected a couple of things. One little addition:

Your political-research confronts me with a paradox:

The art of good science is simplification of complex reality, or discovering central patterns. But simplification is, as a American scholar suggested not long ago, also the core of the Nazi propaganda.

I probably would suggest simplification with a clearly defined, well established scapegoat and additional grounding in deeply rooted mythoi.

-b

I should proofread my messages occasionally, especially if a topic is so emotional and close to my core.

I corrected a couple of things. One little addition:

Your political-research confronts me with a paradox:

The art of good science is simplification of complex reality, or discovering central patterns. But simplification is, as a American scholar suggested not long ago, is also the core of the Nazi propaganda.

I probably would suggest simplification with a clearly defined well established scapegoat and additional grounding in a deepth that has deep roots in Christian religion and is hard to assess by reason.

-b

Re: On Anti-Semitism

sorry, longer note, you know this is one of my favorite topics.

> On Anti-Semitism > > Engaging in principled and reasonable intellectual and policy disagreements with specific Jewish individuals, organizations and groups over issues like the Iraq War or calls for an American attack on Iran are not instances of anti-Semitism, especially if they are framed by an honest respect for the Jewish tradition as a whole.

Absolutely, no doubt. The question would be, what can we logically deduced from the fact that the "common interest" between leading American and Israeli Likud forces and their clear support for a war in the Middle East against the dislike of war by the larger part of the world? Where does dot-connecting logic intersects reality, were does it miss it and why? [associatively: were does myth enter perception] Will we ever be able to see the complete picture of all the interests in play? Are there processes influences we are we not even aware of? Could there have been much longer strategies of American interests in play that are less visible and basically classified? I know we've been here before; what about the Grand Chess Game, or the prognosticated Clash of Civilization? Prophesies or pointing towards larger strategies?

What parts of this is business as usual compared to e.g. the war drums up to the Kosovo intervention; Milosevic supposed horseshoe tactics and planned genocide?

I am no doubt impressed by your instinct and I guess you wouldn't have expected to finally read the Walt/Mearsheimer paper, when we had our first debates. Or did you?

> Attacks on Jews as a whole, with the aim of demonizing and inciting hatred against all Jews and the Jewish tradition, are obviously expressions of real and dangerous anti-Semitism.

This is what one of my BIFs (best internet friend; what happened to Bob?) calls the zero plural: "the Jew". And as you, he considers it the ultimate sign of the antisemitsim. Yes antisemitism is still pretty common, down to the most curious little details that tend to stay the same over centuries. The "Jew" was the ultimate European "Other". this sits deep in the West's collective memory surrounded by myth hard to penetrate since dearly guarded by Christian religion, as your long list of antisemites proves. And the much attacked Zionism, you dislike so much, confronted with the late nineteenth century pogroms must have considered the "place of one's own" as the ultimate solution to what was talked about as "The Jewish problem" [e.g. Dostoevsky]. Apparently the use of reason failed again and again. At least it must have felt worth a try, against all warnings.

Obviously below the zero plural you find all kinds of people from ones you love to the ones you dislike, from brilliant to stupid, to insensitive and racist ones.

But obviously you can also avoid the zero plural. As a German, I found it hard to even use the plural: "Jews", the very word felt tainted, Hitler forced me to use it after having turned it into an insult. So e.g. when writing about Nazi feature film and propaganda, I used the seemingly less tainted and irritating: The "Jewish people". Which I learned lately a Jewish American considers just as irritating. As I was told I should have used Jewish-Germans; which without Hitler wouldn't have been necessary at all. Since without him their religion wouldn't have mattered, as it does not matter weather someone is Catholic or Protestant.

Lately I register impatience with an inquisitive tone, no matter if it is from Jew to Jew, or from English scholar to German, or from taboo-wise to witnit curious kid. A hunting spirit for the slightest signs, compared with utter self-righteousness on one side, accompanied by the ritualized tirade of facts, since it somehow feels everybody must know and accept as a given. But then?

The problem about taboos is you can avoid issues altogether. Or you can circumvent them elegantly, and leave the "zero plural" to the less verbal and or educated. It no doubt has to do with education, but I doubt it's true that that this is the whole story. What happens in the taboo observant, the ones following the rituals or mirroring it on others beneath the surface? Difficult subject, indeed.

> Real anti-Semitism makes it difficult or impossible to engage in meaningful discussions and debates over possibly destructive policies that are advocated by particular factions within the Jewish world, whether it be Greater Israelists or some other group. This is why it is important to call out real anti-Semitism when it rears its ugly head and to eliminate it from policy discussions.

Yes, probably. But inquisition has its ends. Some might dissemble. Is there any way to judge intentions?

I got two private mails from Eastman. I never paid any attention on him, never had a private exchange with him. So what should I think about this? Where did he get my email from, and why does he think I should be interested? The passage I read suggests, he has worked on his verbal expression compared to his cia-drugs rantings? Has he trained by reading Sean McBride and a couple of others? He seemed an utter antisemite then, but so seemed others including the now dead Brian, who advertised the Protocols and offered to sent Michael Collins-Piper's Final Judgement to anyone for free who wanted it. And Collins-Pipes I know from my websearch then, has deep roots in the US right-wing scene. [But true the German web is purged of these links now, in this respect I do not need my state's care, maybe others?]

Guiliani posts to your lists. She once interviewed Michael Collins-Pipes with her Wing-TV partner Thorn, they are not only attracted to Collins-Piper, but seem to consider Holocaust denial is something American's should learn more about.

Lately I think the Australian Adelaide Institute (?)surfaced on this list. Now compared with them Mike Eastman seems to be a copycat in it's earliest steps. I might be wrong, no doubt.

Were to start, were to end, were to set preferences. How to built an exclusion list? > > Real anti-Semites play right into the hands of Jewish extremists, and Jewish extremists play right into the hands of real anti-Semites. Both sides of this particular divide need one another and survive in a kind of obscene symbiotic relationship.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:46 am (PST)

Haim Katz told the Washington Times that he taped the conversation because "as someone Jewish, I am concerned when a small group has a disproportionate power. I think that hurts everyone, including Jews.

If David Steiner wants to talk about the incredible, disproportionate clout AIPAC has, the public should know about it."...

Other critics, such as Representative Dave Obey, of Wisconsin, contend that AIPAC primarily reflects the right-wing Likud's positions, rather than representing those of more left-wing Israeli political parties, such as the Labor Party.

In 1944 the American Palestine Committee sponsored a National Conference on Palestine.

The conference, which was held in Washington and attended by leaders from all parts of the country, adopted resolutions with regard to the Jews of Europe and the future of Palestine, demanding maximum Jewish immigration to Palestine and the reconstitution of the country as a Jewish Commonwealth.

The same year members of the American Palestine Committee in both houses of Congress

lent their support to the efforts of Abba Hillel Silver and

the American Zionist Emergency Council, which he headed,

to have Congress adopt a resolution favoring Zionist aims in Palestine.

excerpts regarding the activities of the Committee during World War II

Coordinating body of American Zionist organizations,

founded in 1939 and subsequently renamed

American Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs (January, 1942),

American Zionist Emergency Council (fall, 1942),

and American Zionist Council (1949).

In the closing days of the 21th Zionist Congress in Geneva on the brink of World War II (August, 1939), Chaim Weizmann and his colleagues in the World Zionist Organization (WZO) authorized the setting up of a special Emergency Committee in the United States.

This committee, which was to consist of a group of prominent leaders of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and of representatives of other main American Zionist organizations - Hadassah, Labor Zionists and Mizrahi - was to have two purposes:

(1) to have in the then neutral United States a body that could assume the authority and functions of World Zionist leadership to the extent that the activities of the World Zionist Executive in London and Jerusalem might be restricted by wartime conditions;

and (2)

to bring home to the American public Jewish and non-Jewish alike, and to American political leaders the needs of the Jews as a people and the role of Palestine in the future of world Jewry. The latter function was considered a vital necessity in view of the role the United States could be expected to have in the eventual peace settlement.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a special interest group that lobbies the United States Government in favor of maintaining a close U.S. - Israel relationship.

Describing itself as "America's Pro-Israel Lobby,"

it is a mass-membership organization including both Jews and non-Jews, and is considered one of the most

Founded in 1953 by I.L. "Si" Kenen,

AIPAC's original name was

the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs.

According to UCLA political science professor and author, Steven Spiegel,

"the tension between the Eisenhower administration and Israeli supporters was so acute

that there were rumors (unfounded as it turned out)

that the administration would investigate

the American Zionist Council.

Therefore, an independent lobbying committee was formed,

which years later

was renamed [AIPAC]." [SPIEGEL, p. 52].

Activities and stated goals

AIPAC's stated purpose is to lobby the Congress of the United States on issues and legislation that are in the best interests of Israel and the United States.

It regularly meets with members of Congress and holds events where it can share its views.

It also provides analysis of the voting records of U.S. federal representatives and senators with regard to how they voted on legislation related to Israel. AIPAC has been effective in gaining support for Israel among members of Congress and White House administrations.

The New York Times described AIPAC on July 6, 1987 as

"a major force in shaping United States policy in the Middle East."

The article also stated that:

"The organization has gained power to influence a presidential candidate's choice of staff, to block practically any arms sale to an Arab country, and to serve as a catalyst for intimate military relations between The Pentagon and the Israeli army. Its leading officials are consulted by State Department and White House policy makers, by senators and generals." [edit]

AIPAC's views of its strengths and achievements

AIPAC claims its strengths lie in its national membership base and great research capacity to understand both Israel's interest and the interests of other countries affecting US-Israel relationship around the world. Some of the achievements it claims [1] include:

* Isolating Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad by advocating that the Administration place the terrorist groups on a more restrictive terrorist list, allowing the United States to sanction foreign financial institutions if they fail to block the organizations assets.

* Disrupting Hamas financing by urging the Administration to freeze the assets of the U.S.-based Holy Land Foundation, which has been accused of funneling money to the terrorist organization.

* Defending Israel from terrorist bomb attacks by securing $28 million for Israel to purchase American technology, including robots and scanners, designed to detect and neutralize bombs.

Successes

AIPAC advises members of Congress about the issues that face today's Middle East, including the dangers of extremism and terrorism.

It was an early supporter of the Counter-Terrorism Act of 1995,

which resulted in increased FBI resources being committed to fight terrorism, as well as expanded federal jurisdiction in prosecuting criminal activities related to terrorism.

AIPAC also supported the funding of a number of Israeli military projects that have resulted in many new additions to the arsenal of America's Armed Services.

The Arrow anti-missile system is now the most advanced working anti-ballistic missile system in the world.

Martin Indyk research director at the AIPAC,

founded the

Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) think-tank in 1985.

AIPAC lobbies for financial aid from the United States to Israel, helping to procure nearly $3 billion in aid. [1]

Controversies

AIPAC has been connected to several controversial events.

In 1982, AIPAC was able to convince the US Congress and President Reagan

to veto a French-supported UN resolution condemning the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon,

which called for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from Lebanon to allow for the safe evacuation of Palestinians.

This caused some critics in the media to argue that the

"Reagan administration could not commit itself to concrete action to stop the killing in Lebanon". [2]

The United States defended its vote stating that the proposed resolution would allow the PLO to retain its weapons during the evacuation, thus allowing it to potentially carry out attacks throughout the evacuation.

In 1992, AIPAC president David Steiner had to resign

when he was tape recorded boasting about his political influence,

saying he had "cut a deal" with the Bush administration to give more aid to Israel.

He had arranged for "almost a billion dollars in other goodies," he added and was "negotiating" with the incoming Clinton administration over appointing a pro-Israeli Secretary of State.

Steiner also stated AIPAC had "a dozen people in (the Clinton) headquarters. And they are all going to get big jobs."

Haim Katz told the Washington Times that he taped the conversation because "as someone Jewish, I am concerned when a small group has a disproportionate power.

I think that hurts everyone, including Jews.

If David Steiner wants to talk about the incredible, disproportionate clout AIPAC has, the public should know about it."[3]

Critics

AIPAC also has critics, including United States Representative Cynthia McKinney and journalist Alexander Cockburn of CounterPunch,

who claim that AIPAC was instrumental in helping to defeat Congressional candidates that AIPAC deemed unfriendly to Israel, Representative McKinney of Georgia (after her first term as a Representative) and former Representative Earl F. Hilliard of Alabama.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Other critics, such as Representative Dave Obey, of Wisconsin,

contend that AIPAC primarily reflects the right-wing Likud's positions, rather than representing those of more left-wing Israeli political parties, such as the Labor Party.[8] [3] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

For critics, the relationship between AIPAC and the Israeli government raises other concerns.

AIPAC is not registered under

the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) [14],

which requires those who receive funds or act on behalf of a foreign government to register.

While AIPAC maintains that it receives no funds or directions from the State of Israel,

past critics, such as former American Senator William Fulbright and former senior CIA official Victor Marchetti, contended that AIPAC should have registered.

President Bush's recent speech outlining his plan for Middle East peace provided the latest example of how U.S. policy has been warped by Israel's powerful American lobby.

The speech, which seemed to blame the problems of the Middle East on Palestinians and their need for "new leaders not compromised by terror," was totally bereft of historical context.

Certainly, terrorism must be condemned. But like the terrorism used by Israel's renegade Irgun, or South Africans resisting apartheid, the French fighting Nazi occupation, or Nicaragua's contras, it also must be framed by history.

Bush did none of that.

He barely mentioned Israel's illegal, 35-year occupation of Palestinian land, or its violations of UN resolutions and Geneva Convention protocols. Nor did Bush note the evidence of Israeli human-rights violations (including the targeting of civilians) consistently reported by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Physicians for Human Rights and several other humanitarian groups.

How can a president who claims to be a force for freedom in the world ignore such flagrant flouting of human-rights standards? How, you ask? Six words: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

This group, widely known by the acronym AIPAC, is a major lobbying group for Israeli interests in Congress. But its influence goes way beyond Congress. A May 28 story on the Fox News Web site traces much of American's support for Israel "to the power of the collective Jewish, or pro-Israeli lobby, a well-organized, well-funded, extremely active and extraordinarily connected group . . . " The powerhouse lobby, which boasts more than 65,000 Jewish and non-Jewish members, has mastered the process of persuasion like few other groups. America's pro-Israel foreign policy is one function of its success; approximately $3 billion in annual U.S. aid to Israel is another.

But in recent months--particularly since Sept. 11--a powerful coalition of right-wing Christians and neo-conservative activists have augmented the group's traditional base and magnified its influence.

We got a taste of that clout in May when an AIPAC-crafted resolution, applauding Ariel Sharon's military incursions into Palestinian lands (and providing an additional $200 million for Israeli defense activities), passed the House and Senate by overwhelming votes.

In addition to its national presence, AIPAC is exercising its clout in individual states as well. Here in Illinois, for example, Gov. George Ryan recently signed a House bill that would allow the state treasurer to invest non-obligated state funds into Israeli bonds. Currently, 15 other states also invest in Israeli bonds.

The group also knows how to throw its weight around in the electoral realm.

One recent victim of that power was five-term Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-Ala.), who last Tuesday lost a primary runoff against an opponent heavily supported by members of AIPAC.

Hilliard had expressed support for a Palestinian state and he was one of the few Congress members who voted in opposition to the pro-Israeli resolution in May.

The Alabama contest already had raised a ruckus in Congress. Last month, some members of the Congressional Black Caucus accused the Democratic leadership of failing to back Hilliard, as it routinely does other incumbents, because of AIPAC intimidation.

Artur Davis, Hilliard's successful challenger, is an avid supporter of Israel. According to the June 21 Forward, a publication that focuses on the concerns of Jews, "Davis has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from out-of-state Jews, including many prominent members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee."

Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), another one of those rare congressional members who occasionally criticizes Israel, also is on AIPAC's hit list. In her Aug. 20 primary, she is facing Denise Majette, an African-American who has been doing a lot of campaigning at Israel fundraisers.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with supporting Israel. There isn't. And, in truth, there is something heartening about growing support for the Jewish state in the Bible-Belt South--once a bastion of crude anti-Semitism.

But Middle East allegiances should not be the sole litmus test of political fitness in this country.

What's more, Sharon's right-wing regime is not Israel. The Israeli prime minister has deftly used "war on terrorism" rhetoric to lead Israelis (and Americans) further into the turbulent cycle of occupation-resistance-revenge, and growing global enmity--of war without end.

By conflating Israel's interest with Sharon's policies, AIPAC is dragging the U.S. deeper into this quagmire.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:50 am (PST)

When you have finished examining what is furnished to you here, you will know WHY James Traficant was "convicted" and sentenced to eight years in federal prison. HE WILL NEVER EMERGE ALIVE because he KNOWS TOO MUCH AND TRIED TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

He spoke on the House Floor on March 17, 1993, and I heard part of the speech on C-SPAN. It was interrupted and no reason was given; C-SPAN went directly to coverage of another event. More than a year later, I was able to get a copy of the speech he gave and submitted for the Congressional Record, and my son downloaded it to his hard drive at the time. I have had hard copies of that for several years, but did not have it in MY computer.

Today, I had a need to give a copy to an acquaintance and, now that I am "computer literate," I went to Thomas (the Congressional Computer Program) intending to copy and print it out rather than dig out my copies. When I read what is in the Congressional Record NOW, I immediately knew it was NOT what Traficant said that day. I dug out my hard copies and have taken the time to type Traficant's words for you exactly as they were spoken to a nearly empty chamber.

"Mr. Speaker, we are here now in Chapter 11. Members of Congress are official trustees presiding over the greatest reorganization in world history, the U.S. Government.

We are setting forth hopefully, a blueprint for our future.

There are some who say it is a coroner's report that will lead to our demise.

It is an established fact that the United States Federal Government has been dissolved by the Emergency Banking Act, March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 1, Public Law 89-719; declared by President Roosevelt, being bankrupt and insolvent. HJR 192, 73rd Congress in session June 5, 1933 - Joint Resolution to Suspend the Gold Standard and Abrogate the Gold Clause dissolved the Sovereign Authority of the United States and the official capacities of all United States Governmental Offices, Officers, and Departments, and is further evidence that the United States Federal Government exists today in name only.

The receivers of the United States Bankruptcy are the International Bankers, via the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.

All United States Offices, Officials, and Departments are now operating within a de facto status in name only under the Emergency War Powers.

With the Constitutional Republican form of Government now dissolved, the receivers of the Bankruptcy hav adopted a new form of government FOR the United States. This new form of government is known as a Democracy, being an established Socialist/Communist order under a new governor for America.

This act was instituted and established by transferring and/or placing the Office of the Secretary of Treasury to that of the Governor of the International Monetary Fund. Public Law 94-564, page 8, Section H.R.13955 reads in part:

'The U.S. Secretary of Treasury receives no compensation for representing the United States.'

Gold and silver were such a powerful money during the founding of the united states of America that the founding fathers declared that only gold or silver coins can be 'money' in America. Since gold and silver coinage were heavy and inconvenient for a lot of transactions, they were stored in banks and a claim check was issued as a money substitute.

People traded their coupons as money, or 'currency.' Currency is not money, but a money substitute. Redeemable currency must promise to pay a dollar equivalent in gold or silver money. Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) make no such promises and are not 'money.'

A Federal Reserve Note is a debt obligation of the federal United States Government, not 'money.' The federal United States Government and the U.S. Congress were not and have never been authorized by the Constitution for the united states of America to issue currency of any kind, but only lawful money - gold and silver coin.

It is essential that we comprehend the distinction between real money and paper money substitute. One cannot get rich by accumulating money substitutes, one can only get deeper into debt. We the People no longer have any 'money.'

Most Americans have not been paid any 'money' for a very long time, perhaps not in their entire life. Now do you comprehend why you feel broke? Now do you understand why you are 'bankrupt,' along with the rest of the country?

Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) are unsigned checks written on a closed account. FRNs are an inflatable paper system designed to create debt through inflation (devaluation of currency). Whenever there is an increase of the supply of a money substitute in the economy without a corresponding increase in the gold and silver backing, inflation occurs.

Inflation is an invisible form of taxation that irresponsible governments inflict on their citizens. The Federal Reserve Bank who controls the supply and movement of FRNs has everybody fooled. They have access to an unlimited supply of FRNs, paying only for the printing costs of what they need. FRNs are nothing more than promissory notes for U.S. Treasury securities (T-bills) - a promise to pay the debt to the Federal Reserve Bank.

There is a fundamental difference between 'paying' and 'discharging' a debt. To pay a debt, you must pay with value or substance (i.e. gold, silver, barter or a commodity). With FRNs, you can only discharge a debt. You cannot pay a debt with a debt currency system. You cannot service a debt with a currency that has no backing in value or substance. No contract in Common Law is valid unless it involves an exchange of 'good and valuable consideration."

Unpayable debt transfers power and control to the sovereign power structure that has no interest in money, law, equity, or justice because they have so much wealth already.

Their lust is for power and control.

Since the inception of central banking, they have controlled the fates of nations.

The Federal Reserve System is based on the Canon law and the principles of sovereignty protected in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. In fact, the international bankers used a 'Canon Law Trust' as their model, adding stock and naming it a 'Joint Stock Trust' in 1873. The Federal Reserve Act was legislated post facto (to 1870), although post-facto laws are strictly forbidden by the Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 3).

The Federal Reserve System is a sovereign power structure separate and distinct from the federal United States government. The Federal Reserve is a maritime lender, and/or maritime insurance underwriter to the federal United States operating exclusively under Admiralty/Maritime law. The lender or underwriter bears the risks, and the Maritime law compelling specific performance in paying the interest, or premiums, are the same.

Assets of the debtor can also be hypothecated (to pledge something as a security without taking possession of it) as security by the lender or underwriter. The Federal Reserve Act stipulated that the interest on the debt was to be paid in Gold. There was no stipulation in the Federal Reserve Act for ever paying the principal.

Prior to 1913, most Americans owned clear, allodial title to property, free and clear of any liens or mortgages until the Federal Reserve Act (1913) 'hypothecated' all property within the federal United States to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, in which the Trustees (stockholders) held legal title. The U.S. citizen (tenant, franchisee) was registered as a 'beneficiary' of the trust via his/her birth certificate.

In 1933, the federal United States hypothecated all of the present and future properties, assets, and labor of their 'subjects,' the 14th Amendment U.S. citizen, to the Federal Reserve System.

In return, the Federal Reserve System agreed to extend the federal United States corporation all the credit 'money substitute' it needed. Like any other debtor, the federal United States government had to assign collateral and security to their creditors as a condition of the loan.

Since the federal United States didn't have any assets, they assigned the private property of their 'economic slaves,' the U.S. citizens as collateral against the unpayable federal debt. They also pledged the unincorporated federal territories, national park forests, birth certificates, and non-profit organizations as collateral against the federal debt.

All has already been transferred as payment to the international bankers.

Unwittingly, America has returned to its pre-American Revolution, feudal roots whereby all land is held by a Sovereign, and the common people had no rights to hold allodial title to property.

Once again, We the People are the tenants and sharecroppers renting our own property from a Sovereign in the guise of the Federal Reserve Bank.

We the People have exchanged one master for another.

This has been going on for over eighty years without the 'informed knowledge' of the American people, without a voice protesting loud enough.

Now it is easy to grasp why America is fundamentally bankrupt.

Why don't more people own their properties outright?

Why are 90% of Americans mortgaged to the hilt and have little or no assets after all debts and liabilities have been paid?

Why does it feel like you are working harder and harder and getting less and less?

We are reaping what has been sown, and the results of our harvest is a painful bankruptcy, and a foreclosure on American property, precious liberties, and a way of life.

Few of our elected representatives in Washington, D.C. have dared to tell the truth. The federal United States is bankrupt. Our children will inherit this unpayable debt, and the tyranny to enforce paying it.

America has become completely bankrupt in world leadership, financial credit, and its reputation for courage, vision, and human rights.

This is an undeclared economic war, bankruptcy, and economic slavery of the most corrupt order.

Wake up, America! Take back your country."

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Mark Koernke might also be called a POLITICAL PRISONER. You may write to him at this address:

[COMMENTARY: in time order of article theme on thermite at WTCs, videos, discussion, pictures;

[1] since thermite/thermate can be made of basic industrical chemicals, it can be made "tracerless"--i.e., avoid all signature tracer chemicals that the U.S. Govt requires be mixed in very small amounts in all highly powerful and highly monitored explosives to keep track of every batch's origin.

[2] Moreover if he has found it in WTC7, as he says, then with Silverstein admitting that he conducted a controlled demolition on 9-11 of WTC7 around 5:30 p.m., then Silverstein is admitting that WTC1, WTC2, and WTC7 all are thermate controlled demolitions.

[3] And who was in charge of WTC security? Why, Marvin Bush, brother of George W. Bush, on the board of Securatech.

[4] And written up in their mom's (ghostwritten) autobiography, Barbara Bush drops the other bombshell that it's just a coincidence that Marvin's contract at the WTCs was up on September 11, 2001 anyway. She wrote about it in the book!

[5] The Bush family through Marvin Bush have been in charge of security of the WTCs since immediately after the first failed terrorist attempt to knock down the WTCs one month into Clinton's Presidential tenure in 1993.

[6] The FBI is on record giving the order to conduct terrorism on the WTC in 1993, via their hired gun Salam, who didn't want to carry out the attack 'for real' since he was told by the FBI that he was hired simply for a sting operation to arrest some perpetrators in a terror cell he infiltrated for the FBI. [two minute video summary on this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid= 6752092058844526234

[7] When the FBI instead told him to both suggest the WTC as a target for the 1993 attack, as well as teach them how to make bombs, as well as FBI allowing him to provide live explosives--their agent started taping everything covertly that he was ordered to do in reference to FBI ordering him to carry out the 1993 terrorist attack on the WTCs.

[8] Immediately after the failed attack on the WTCs, the Bush family, through a corporate shell vehicle owned in part by the royal family of Kuwait, the Kuwaiti/American Corporation, was put in charge of security at the WTCs, with Marvin Bush on board.

[9] Seven weeks before the controlled demolitions of 9-11, the towers change hands in their first (rushed) sale, being all bought up by Silverstein, who introduces a huge terrorism insurance appendage.

[10] Despite admitting publicly that HE gave the order (in the PBS special "America Rebuilds") to blow up his own WTC7 on 9-11, the whole thing is so corrupt that he still collects 500 million dollars on the "terrorist destruction alibi" of WTC7, and has already collected several billion dollars on the 'terrorism clause' in the WTC1/2 insurance.

[11] and We already know that the anthrax that was sent to congress and which killed several postal workers in the process (sent to Senator Daschle and to Senator Leahy), was weaponized under a covert CIA only contract, and it was a domestic Ames strain of anthrax coming from one of three or four of the U.S. bioweapons labs.

[12] The "Patriot Act" was already written up before 9-11, just required a whiff of domestic anthrax to force passage with a bit more bio- terrorism on the Congress itself by domestic terrorists;

[13] Bush and his whole Cabinet of course were out of danger: they were taking an anthrax exclusive drug to counter it, from September 11 onward, so when the anthrax hit in early October in DC, Bush's staff would be immune to the domestic-in-origin anthrax terrorism. The interesting point of course is Bush's whole team all psyched up and anticipating an anthrax attack one month in advance--which just so happens to be the incubation time for the anthax bacilli--I could go on ad nauseum. The whole U.S. government is a terrorist unit, operating under the guise of its counter terrorism squads.]

Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:50 am (PST)

These kinds of ops tend to backfire and destroy the geniuses who masterminded them. The neocons especially are obsessively preoccupied with using lies and deception to advance their political objectives.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:20 am (PST)

I enjoyed our chat a few minutes ago, and look forward to meeting you in person when I next come to Crawford. As I've said in earlier conversations, one of the Crawford Peace House directors, Kay Lucas, is a member of my cyber-intelligence collective, Ghost Troop, so I'm up in the Heart of Texas pretty regularly.

As more and more of America is learning, the boldest print in journalism is coming right out of the heart of Texas, with your Lone Star Iconoclast showing that independent journalism still exists! I'm sorry I've been out of touch since our last work, a couple of weeks ago, but hope to make amends.

I know that you're familiar with the 911 analysis of recent years (as you print it!), and of the emerging 911-2B analysis (particularly as it relates to Texas terror prospects), so I've decided to submit this as my pro bono submission to you and your fine staff. I believe you'll find my new article/analysis to be of great interest to you and your free-thinking (iconoclastic!) readers as the Bush media begins to tailor the recent "homegrown" Al Qaeda scams into a coherent story-line to set up another 911.

Best regards, CPTMAY

911 Truth and Texas Terror

Houston, Texas (6/22/06) Special to Lone Star Iconoclast

The Chicago 911 Truth Conference has moved to the forefront 911 Truth history with its creation of a strong and serious statement in its June 2-4 meeting, 9/11 Truth - the Key to Stopping World War III: http://mujca.com/chicagostory.htm. The statement makes three key assertions that bear notice and careful examination:

Bush made 911 happen on purpose, he didn't' just let it happen. Bush attempted a 911-2B follow-up attack in the summer of 2005 (interrupted by Internet activists). Bush needs a successful 911-2B attack to maintain his grip on power and continue the GWOT (Global War on Terror). I shall set forth and examine each of these in turn -- adding such details as I know to fill in the picture.

MIHOP strength and LIHOP weakness

Those who argue Bush "Made It Happen On Purpose" (MIHOP) have proved their points conclusively, and that those who argue its simply a case of ineptitude are wrong, says the Chicago 911 Statement. According to them, the wrong-headed crowd weakly says that Bush simply "Let It Happen On Purpose" (LIHOP).

The MIHOP argument allows the American People to adopt a posture of due vigilance, they say, since it only stands to reason that if was done once, it may very well be done again. The LIHOP argument invalidates any thought of alerting the public against government terror drills as silly alarmism, or garden-variety conspiracy theory.

In short, LIHOP operates as a brake on the accelerating realization of MIHOP by wider and wider circles of the American People.

The Aborted Nuclear Attack of Summer, 2005

Signers of the Chicago 911 Statement believe that there was a concerted, effective effort by the 911 Truth community (thousands of activists) to alert the public to the danger of a summer, 2005 attack, set up in tandem with the London 7/7 attacks:

Our movement was able to block Sudden Response 05 in Charleston, South Carolina, last August. It shall be the policy of our movement to monitor, identify, expose, denounce, and shut down WMD drills and exercises which threaten to go live in the form of real attacks anywhere in the world. It is our urgent duty to inoculate populations against this notorious trick of the rogue networks.

Almost all the 911 Truth Movement was quite aware, last summer, that the media and Bush terror agencies were spreading a story of an imminent Al-Qaeda nuclear attack on a US port city. The signatories of the Chicago 911 Statement are referring to a specific attempt (or series of attempts) to create just this "media reality" (or set-up) by nuking a US city. For those who want to know, more, I found ample material (official and unofficial) on Sudden Response 2005, and can affirm the operation of the 911 Truth Movement in keeping it from "going live" (which was the Bush intention).

The Pending Terror Attack of Summer, 2006 (911-2B)

The Chicago 911 Truth statement adopts what my associates and I call "911-2B," or the 911-to-be follow-up attack that the controlled media keeps programming us to accept when it comes. After all, they tell us (as they set us up), it's not a matter of IF it's going 2B, but a matter of WHEN it's going 2B. Ergo, our code for the next event: 911-2B.

They say that indicators point toward some sort of false-flag terror event in the near term, as both Bush and Congressional collaborators fear any radical transition of power in the 2006 elections. What on earth would they do if, for instance, an uncontrollable Democrat were to win the leadership of either the House or Senate? It could actually mean independent investigations, and that's simply impossible, in light of what has happened.

The American Political Establishment, the statement argues, needs a 911-2B event to save the man, (George W. Bush) if they want to save the plan (GWOT -- Global War on Terror). Nothing but 911-2B will work at this point.

The Cyber-Resistance of the Internet community is tying down a huge amount of the military and police forces conducting COINTELPRO operations against it. 911 Truth Movement forces are growing, and as is adopting an attitude much more like that of a collective intelligence network. We recently saw the rapid publication by several hundred cyber-publishers (especially Indymedia) of the collective Internet article by Michel Chossudovsky, Paul Watson, William M. Arkin and me, Bunker Time: Federal Gov. to Conduct Large-scale Anti-terror Drill.

Abroad things are getting critical, too, for the Bush administration. The antiwar movement is spreading, and the friendly, "embedded" media has failed in its prostitute task of spinning the Arab nightmare into the American dream. As the clever predicted, Iraq isn't just a quagmire, it's quicksand, and whether the media admits it or not, we can see that that the Army and Marines are just sinking in deeper in a failed war.

Diplomacy isn't going to fix a thing, under the current administration. Yesterday Bush appeared in a joint EU/USA press conference in which he called the people of Europe who fear him like another Hitler (more than half the people, in some countries) that they were "absurd." Bush glowered at the journalists that he knew what was right for America, that things had changed after 911, and that he knew full-well that the American People would begin to lose heart as it forgot the critical lessons of 911.

The press conference ended abruptly after Bush's second repetition of the "absurd" reply, at the behest of handlers. This morning surely some enterprising journalist in Europe will headline a story: Bush to EU: ABSURD! EU to Bush: INSANE!

911-2B would solve it all -- especially the part about his nation failing to remember the lessons he taught it -- by ramping up public aggression against Bush enemies (who would be the ones blamed for the event, of course), and warranting expansion of the war to the nuclear level. The boy-president would finally have the ultimate plaything at his disposal, and the world would tremble at his opportunity to show the world that he is its (and our) master. You don't have to be able to pronounce the word "nuclear" to use nuclear weapons, in this "post-911" reality.

Summary (w/ Friends and Patrons)

The Chicago 911 Truth Statement is spot-on in all three of its assertions, so far as I can tell. I've been pleased to learn from one of the conference organizers (and my publisher), Dr. Kevin Barrett, that our own work as a citizens' cyber-intelligence work was considered by the statement signatories. I'm grateful for that, and especially for the decision by the Irish 911 Truth Movement to post our work in the area of 911-2B in its national site: http://www.911truth.ie/

A 911 Truth Movement Strategy: Summer 2006

My associates and I believe that the most likely target for Bush terror this summer will be the Texas Gulf coast. It stands to reason that, faced with the decline in his political fortunes, Bush will turn to the state he controls (Texas) and the industry that controls him (Oil) for the results he needs (911-2B).

We note that in the last month we have confirmed terror drills or alerts along the Texas Coast (from east to west) in Beaumont's Exxon Mobil, Deer Park's Shell, and Texas City's British Petroleum. We believe (and have published) that the Houston Metro area is most likely center of the Southeast Texas target zone. In our opinion the Texas Gulf Coast is under Bush terror threat throughout the summer .

We are particularly anxious about the summer's two NASA shuttle launches, set for July 1 and August 28. Both those events will mean the insertion of media and government agents into the Houston Metro area (home of NASA), along with the imposition of informational controls by government media liaisons.

Last year's July 26 launch of the Shuttle Discovery was part of the set-up for a July 28 attempt to "go live" on Texas City, Texas, which was the original "Mission 911-2B," and is the prototype from which concerned Internet activists are learning how a multi-cyber-media infowar campaign can shut down a false-flag attempt.

I have omitted references on the assertions I've made, but our work is accessible via the Irish 911 Truth Movement site I've included above. Those who take a particular interest in the 911-2B Mission of summer, 2005, can find the event -- with articles and real-time interviews, at http://www.cloakanddagger.de/media/Captain%20May/capt1.htm.

I invite all MIHOP researchers to post and publish this article and analysis. God bless -- and protect -- America!

Captain May, a former Army intelligence an public affairs officer, is the founder and commander of Ghost Troop, a 300-strong unit comprised of military and police veterans and active duty, along with civilian research/activists. He is on a self-declared "mission of conscience" to oppose the Bush War Cabal.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:32 am (PST)

As a journalist Mr. Hitchens extensively covered the Bosnian war and the Gulf War, yet describes 9/11 as "an exhilarating moment" because it crystallized his views. "Everything I hate is on one side, and everything I love is on the other. I'm never going to get bored with this."

Comment:

Who would have ever guessed that Christopher Hitchens was such an unappetizing chucklehead, an utter yutz? What happened to this guy? Why has this one-time sharp-minded skeptic failed to subject the official 9/11 story to critical analysis? Has he noticed that even the FBI has remarked that it doesn't possess sufficient evidence to tie Osama bin Laden to the attacks? Has he failed to note the pattern of consistent lying and deceit originating from the neocons and the Bush 43 administration? Is someone holding a gun to this lush's head?

Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:36 am (PST)

The antecedents of the State of Israel from Maccabees to Herzl. The reasons for the current impasse in the Middle East. The state of Israel was conceived on the model of the Maccabean era. Yet, most people know only of the heroic feats of Judas Maccabeus who led a successful revolt against Greek overlordship, cleansed the Jerusalem temple, and established the feast of Hanukkah. The historical facts surrounding these times are not discussed, although they are vital to our understanding of the currently unfolding events in the Middle East. Human emotions, and as a result human behavior, have not changed in 2000 years and we are now witnessing a replay of history. We know how the Maccabean era ended. We also know the real reasons why the Jews lost their homeland, not only the myths rather than the facts keep getting repeated. This is outright dangerous for the future. We are guided by political and religious propaganda and since our politicians cannot, or will not, take the time to really study history they stumble from one disaster into another. This book is intended to deprive them of excuses because it is short and written in everyday language.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:43 am (PST)

The Earth is the hottest it has been in at least 400 years, probably even longer. The National Academy of Sciences, reaching that conclusion in a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, reported Thursday that the "recent warmth is unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia."

A panel of top climate scientists told lawmakers that the Earth is heating up and that "human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming." Their 155-page report said average global surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere rose about 1 degree during the 20th century.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:06 am (PST)

"This book is required reading for every serious student of Jewish history and concerned layman alike."--Rabbi Daniel Greer, Dean, Yeshiva of New Haven

"By daring to question Zionism, Rabkin squarely poses the question of the future of Jewish life. This question will form the struggle of Jewish identity in the 21st century."--Dr. Marc H. Ellis, Professor of American and Jewish Studies, Baylor University

"This book sheds light on religious anti-Zionism, which, demographically and ideologically, represents the most serious threat to Israel as a State and as a collective identity"-- Joseph Hodara, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

"I can only welcome the publication of this unconventional book based on often ignored historical facts. It is up to us to draw lessons from it." - Rabbi Moshe Gérard Ackermann, Neve Yerushalayim Jewish Education Network, Jerusalem

"Yakov Rabkin has produced an altogether remarkable book that tells the story and analyses the ideas of the Orthodox Jewish movement opposed to Zionism and the State of Israel. I am enormously impressed by the author's historical scholarship, by his brilliant analysis of a complex literature and by the lucidity of his prose. This is an extraordinary book." - Dr Gregory Baum, Professor of Theology, McGill University

"This book is fascinating. it presents a range of anti-Zionist arguments developed in Jewish religious circles that are practically unknown to the public. It is a solid contribution to scholarship." - Dr Alain Bouchard, Professor of Theology, Laval University

9/11 Blogger - Blogging 9/11 Related Alternative News <http://www.911blogger.com> All comments are welcome! but please avoid hate speech and profanity, and use references when possible. U.S. Congressional Candidate pursuing truth, trust, and transparency in 110th Congress <http://www.911blogger.com/2006/06/us-congressional-candidate-pur\ suing.html> By somebigguyhttp://www.sendmeabuck.com/ <http://www.sendmeabuck.com/> On the eve of the 2006 summer, Oklahoma City was introduced to the only independent candidate for U.S. Congress from the 5th district. In a speech given before the Northwest Chamber, Matthew Horton Woodson illustrated the issue that he believes is the most critical for the 110th Congress. Citing Eisenhower's farewell speech candidate Woodson stressed the importance of an informed and knowledgeable public. To that end, bringing up 9/11/01, Woodson demonstrated the fact that the third and last tower to collapse before entering the "War on Terror" did so because of controlled demolition. Candidate Woodson held up a video recording of the collapse of 7 World Trade Center for the audience and his fellow candidates. This 47 story building collapsed in 6.5 seconds at 5:20pm on 9/11/01, a collapse that wasn't explained by the 9/11 Commission Report.

"Before February of 2006, I had never even realized a third tower collapsed on September 11, 2001" said Woodson. "It was amazing to me when I first saw the video of 7 World Trade Center collapsing, it looked like control demolition, so I decided to research it."

After 5 months of research, Woodson concluded that all three towers collapsed due to controlled demolition, and therefore must be a domestic crime. His research included a trip to Chicago to interview and obtain an endorsement from physicist Dr. Steven Jones of BYU. Dr. Jones has published a detailed paper proving the World Trade Center Towers collapsed due to controlled demolition. That paper can be found at:http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html <http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html>

Woodson, decided to run for political office to help restore truth and trust back into our Government. This matter is so important to the very foundation of our Government, Woodson decided the best way to help save it was to participate in it. "At the Candidate forum hosted by the Northwest Chamber, I ensured that all but 2 candidates for U.S. Congress from the 5th district know about the collapse of 7 World Trade Center. It is up to them as to what they do with this information. I believe it's both the press and politicians' job to inform and alert the public; I hope my fellow candidates realize the awesome responsibility Congress holds in sending troops to war. As Congressman, when I ask someone to risk their life for my freedom, I am going to do all that is within my ability to assure them they are doing so based on facts that can be trusted. " Contact: Matthew Horton Woodson, U.S. Congressional Candidate 5th district Email: truthactivist@gmail.com <mailto:truthactivist@gmail.com> Web: www.SendMeABuck.com <http://www.SendMeABuck.com> Phone: 405-370-9543

Note: Be sure to check out the link for an interview with Steven Jones as well.

This article questioned the account <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/ArticlesIraq2.htm#doctors> "Dr. Wahid al-Obeidi" had given about being arrested and beaten in Haditha in October 2005. The article then said, "Wahid is associated with the pro-terrorist Brussels Tribunal, a European-based anti-American group which counts among its members Saddam's favorite film maker Scott Ritter and Saddam's defense attorney Ramsey Clark."

Pipeline News has confused and then misused their facts. The name of the Director of the Haditha Hospital is Dr. Walid al-Obeidi. Dr. Walid al-Obeidi is not a member of the BRussells Tribunal. It is Dr. Abdul Wahab Al Obeidi, member of "Freedom Voice Society for Human Rights", who is on the advisory committee of the BRussells Tribunal.

Why is the (misnamed) Dr. Walid al-Obeidi being slandered? He saw the bullets in the bodies from the Haditha massacre, thus opening up the case against American troops.

Ridley Scott is indeed a film maker. Is PipeLineNews by any chance confusing him with Scott Ritter <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter> , who is a former UN weapons inspector and a critic of the US foreign policy in the Middle East? Ramsey Clark has recently written a statement saying that "the case for impeachment is clear beyond question <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=24002&s2=16> ." Neither Scott Ritter nor Ramsey Clark are members of the BRussells Tribunal.

PipeLineNews has a further story, which it calls "The Haditha Misinformation Dump," at The Contra Costa Times Watch <http://cctimeswatch.blogspot.com/> , which they call their "side project." This site has links to not only PipeLineNews but also the Middle East Forum, Daniel Pipes and Militant Islam Monitor.

A recent New York Times article gave details of the most recent understanding of the Haditha murders. It was reported by John M. Broder, David S. Cloud, John Kifner, Carolyn Marshall, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker. It was written by Mr. Broder. See: Contradictions Cloud Inquiry Into 24 Iraqi Deaths <http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt6_17_06_1.htm>

The Chiarelli report on Haditha is complete. We await the findings.

A recent US poll <http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp\ ?vnu_content_id=1002690031> shows that " nearly one in three of the respondents (32%) said they believe such an incident (Haditha) was a "common one" in that war. Some 57% called it an "isolated incident" and 11% said they are "not sure." This poll shows what a good job the US corporate media blackout and Media Dissemblers are doing in America - and also shows that, unfortunately, not enough people are reading educated, informative stories on the web.

And the BRussells Tribunal?

The BRussells Tribunal

The BRussells Tribunal initiated The World Tribunal on Iraq <http://www.worldtribunal.org/> . The final meeting of the World Tribunal, Iraq, was in Turkey in 2005. "The first task of the tribunal is to investigate the crimes committed by the US government in launching the Iraq war."1 <#1000> The papers given in Istanbul (2005) maintained a very high quality. These papers, and the final declaration of the Jury of Conscience in Istanbul (2005), read by Arundhati Roy, Spokesperson of the Jury of Conscience, can be read here <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/pdf/WTIJuryFinalJuly26.pdf> .

Who were / are some of the members of the BRussells Tribunal? In addition to many esteemed Iraqis: two former UN Assistant Secretary Generals; two Nobel Prize winners; seven internationally known writers; human rights and humanitarian lawyers, professors, scientists, journalists and others. Have a look at the full list of members <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/about.htm> .

The Middle East Forum 'Mission Statement <http://www.meforum.org/> ' says: "The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote American interests in the Middle East through research, publications, and educational outreach. The Forum's policy recommendations include fighting radical Islam (rather than terrorism), convincing the Palestinians that Israel is permanent, reducing funds going to the Middle East for energy purchases, slowing down the democratization process, and more robustly asserting U.S. interests vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia. In addition, the Forum works to improve Middle East studies in North America."

Mr. Rubin is ALSO the editor of Campus Watch <http://www.campuswatch.org> . (Daniel Pipes is also the Director and co-founder of Campus Watch.) The box at the top of the Campus Watch website says (in bold type):

"Campus Watch is the Trojan horse whose warriors are already changing the rules of the game not only in Middle East Studies but also in the US University as a whole. They threaten to undermine the very foundations of American education." Miriam Cooke <http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/2119> , of Duke University.

The Mission Statement of Campus Watch says, "Campus Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum <http://www.meforum.org/> , reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America, with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds." There is a survey of 44 `institutions´ (colleges / universities) and their scholars. Campus Watch is supported by unspecified `donations.´

There have been critics of Campus Watch, and these are answered in "Replies to our Critics," specifically on the charge of `McCarthyism.´

Campus Watch publishes articles that have appeared in PipeLineNews <http://www.pipebombnews.com/> . The unsigned attack on "Dr. Wahid" and the BRussels Tribunal appeared in PipeLineNews.

PipeLineNews is registered <http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?whoistoken=0> as pipebombnews.com. The registrant of this site is named as William Mayer, 2395 Lake Meadow Circle, Martinez, CA 94553, whilst the administrative address given is PIpeLineMedia, Inc.; William Mayer, CEO, 3217 Whipple Road, Union City, CA 94587. If one then looks up PipeLineMedia, a new address appears - 123 K Street, Washington, D.C., alongside the same administrative office address as pipebombnews.

Mr. Mayer published an article, McCarthyism - The Right's Badge of Honor (05.03), in Tysknews <http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/terrorism/mccarthyism.htm> .3 <#3000> Tysknews talks about the owner, or "His Majesty," as being responsible for the site. "We guarantee no accuracy for our allegations and assume no responsibility." We are not told who the owner, or `His Majesty,´ is. There are three links to R. Reagan sites and one to The Federalist.

"BR," or Beila Rabinowitz is the registrant name for Militant Islam Monitor <http://www.militantislammonitor.org/about.php> . The address given is a P.O. Box number in Peoria, Illinois 60612.4 <#4000> Daniel Pipes describes what the site is about: "Militant Islam is a Utopian ideology ... that attracts only a portion of Muslims, ... (and) seeks to gain control of governments, and is nakedly aggressive toward all those who stand in it' (sic) way..."

Beila Rabinowitz collaborated with Mr. Mayer in two PipeLine articles which were republished in Campus-Watch.5 <#5000>

Beila Rabinowitz also collaborated with Mr. Mayer in a PipeLineNews story, "Moderate" American Islamism And Terror, Zero Degrees Of Separation (12.12.05. This story was republished on free republic.com <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539602/posts> . This "Hoo-Yah" site, which describes itself as the "Premier Conservative news Forum", is privately owned and run by Jim Robinson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic> from Fresno, California. The administrative, technical and billing contact is Robinson-DeFehr Consulting, also in Fresno. Their `Mission´ is: "pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and pro-America." Subscribers are called `Freepers.´ A lively essay on Mr. Robinson´s site can be read at Flakmag <http://flakmag.com/web/freerepublic.html> .

Beila Rabinowitz´s University Of Central Florida Funding Islamist Da'wa Event <http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/2470> (08.03.06) was also published in PipeLine News. Rabinowitz´s articles also appear on Discover the Networks (see below). Rabinowitz´s article entitled False Front <http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=9833> , co-authored with Joe Kaufman, appeared in FrontPage.org <http://www.frontpagemag.com/> . "Essentially," they said of Islamic radicals, "they needed to disguise their reality" (my italics). Mr. Kaufman is Chairman of Americans Against Hate <http://www.americansagainsthate.com/> . `Americans Against Hate´ is "a civil rights organization and terrorism watchdog group." Their goal is "to be an active voice against those that spread bigotry and violence." Many articles by Mr. Kaufman can be seen at this site. Mr. Kaufman also contributes to FrontPage Magazine, the Middle East Quarterly, the Des Moines Register, and The Miami Herald. He appears on Fox News.

The senior editor of Front Page is Jacob Laksin, who is also a writer for the Centre for the Study of Popular Culture.

Max Blumenthal <http://maxblumenthal.blogspot.com/2006/04/demons-of-david-horowi\ tz-since-david.html> wrote in The Demons of David Horowitz that "Since David Horowitz switched his political allegiance from the radical left to the authoritarian right, he has engaged in one embarrassingly paranoid crusade after another. Each one is designed to stifle a liberal conspiracy which exists only in the hollow canyons of his own mind."

Horowitz also writes for NewsMax, is associated with Campus Watch, and appears on Fox News as an `analyst.´

4) Media: "Conservatives believe the mass media, predominantly television news programs, slant reports in favor of the liberal position on issues. Most Americans agree."8 <#8000> David Limbaugh wrote an article entitled: MSM Never Tires of Antiwar Propaganda. Glazov penned The Media's Lies About Israel.

Who is funding these people who talk about "freedom of speech," the "abuse of power over students" and the "intolerance of alternative views" whilst simultaneously slandering and falsely accusing reputable individuals and organizations? The hierarchy resembles the Sicilian Mafia, who `protect their own.´

Encounter for Culture and Education <http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID\ =98> received 85 foundation grants totalling $5,640,000 from 1991 - 2003. Most of these grants were from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. The Philip M. McKenna Foundation, Inc., the JM Foundation and the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation gave $18,000 for Encounter Books. The W.H. Brady Foundation gave $2000 for "Project support." The John M. Olin Foundation, Inc. gave $10,000 for "a research project on the Congress for Cultural Freedom" in 1995 and $50,000 to "support a Berlin conference on the Cold War" in 1992.

The Jamestown Foundation <http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID\ =1366> received grants totalling $4,431,613 between 1985 - 2004. These were from The Carthage Foundation; The Smith-Richardson Foundation; The F.M. Kirby Foundation; the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation; The Earhart Foundation; The Armstrong Foundation; The Sarah Scaife Foundation; The William Donner Foundation.

Jaquelin Hume Foundation <http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/dec1999bacon.htm> . Fortune from onions and garlic business started in 1933. Founded Citizens for America. "He helped create the highly-developed conservative infrastructure of think tanks, policy institutes, and foundations which perpetuate the right-wing revolution of the 1990s. Member of Reagan´s `Kitchen Cabinet.´ Today Hume´s son, William, carries on the family´s political legacy."

There you have it. One brave, beleaguered Iraqi doctor in an illegally occupied war-torn country vs. the `perception management´ of media dissemblers, or `worker bees,´ who are backed by the $66+million taken from the corporate empire profits of banking, oil, gas, steel, beer, onions and garlic, electronics, chemicals, munitions, real estate, insurance, Walmart, and a drizzle of 21st century "Christianity." The Directors and Chairpeople of these Foundations, Corporations and Institutes could well benefit from an `ethics training´ course alongside the soldiers and mercenaries who murder civilians.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:02 pm (PST)

The rapid growth of Internet resources and digital collections has been accompanied by a proliferation of metadata schemas, each of which has been designed based on the requirements of particular user communities, intended users, types of materials, subject domains, project needs, etc. Problems arise when building large digital libraries or repositories with metadata records that were prepared according to diverse schemas. This article (published in two parts) contains an analysis of the methods that have been used to achieve or improve interoperability among metadata schemas and applications, for the purposes of facilitating conversion and exchange of metadata and enabling cross-domain metadata harvesting and federated searches. From a methodological point of view, implementing interoperability may be considered at different levels of operation: schema level, record level, and repository level. Part I of the article intends to explain possible situations in which metadata schemas may be created or implemented, whether in individual projects or in integrated repositories. It also discusses approaches used at the schema level. Part II of the article will discuss metadata interoperability efforts at the record and repository levels.

Today, I noticed three mainstream stories which show up in Google cache (i.e. versions several days old), but not in the current version of the websites.

For example, the "UPI Hears" story about Morgan Reynolds has disappeared, the Pravda story about the former commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force saying that stand downs like happened on 9/11 don't normally happen in Russia, and all links from Yahoo News and AOL to 911Truth.org's Zogby poll have turned up dry.

See the controversial film Time Magazine proclaims "A Triumph." Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, Water begins when 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:28 pm (PST)

Learning to communicate and adapting our behaviour to the information we receive has been fundamental to human evolution. If machines could do the same the intelligent talking robots of science fiction could become the stuff of science reality, as researchers aim to prove.